0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, I Gays march through city for annual celebration (Continued from Page 1) of yesterday's protest. "If one person leaves today feeling better about himself, the gay com- munity has advanced," Richmond said. TIM TRUMAN, a former insurance salesman from Farmington, told the group that he was fired from his job in Detroit when his employer found that he had acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - an incurable communicable disease common among { homosexuals. He said he is filing a sexual discrimination suit against his employer for $5 million. Truman said his employer's reason for his dismissal was that he would not be productive. Truman stated that he had brought in $800,000 in insurance sales the month before he was dismissed. But he said he was notabout to become discouraged and that, with the support of the gay comrhunity, he J would pursue the fight to its full extent. ti "We have an excelent chance of win- "N ning," Truman said. "We've got the men guy nailed." neve HE SAID that since he was diagnosed shes as having AIDS in March, it has been CA "something new every day." Truman is betw undergoing extensive chemotherapy and three days a week at a cost of $200 per patr day. Or Another speaker, Toni Carecto, said she1 that the relationship between gay men "tho and lesbians is often awkward and the "I two should unite against the greater frus prejudices in the heterosexual com- ther munity. pers -@ , Mexicans 7',< im Flynn shows off his button collection on a lab coat yesterday in front of he Federal Building during the Lesbian/Gay Pride Week rally. lore than I would like to see gay "It has been proven in sociology tha and women unite, I would like when you are confronted with someon r to hear another (lesbian) joke," you know being gay, it is easier to ac said. cept," she said. ARECTO said there is also a barrier Gay Pride Week will also include; teen races in the gay community series of workshops for gay men any that in some gay bars, black lesbians. There will be a talent show o7 onage is discouraged. Saturday, June 23 in the Michiga ne of the marchers, Natalie, said Union, and the pride week will conclud went along yesterday because she with a Candlelight march through Ani ught it would be fun." Arbor on Tuesday, June 26, at 9 p.m t's a good way for us to vent our The march is a commemoration of th trations," she said. She also said 15th anniversary of the Stonewall Ga' march would make lesbian and gay Riots in New York City. sons more visible to the community. at e c- a n in le in n. ie ly disapprove of illegal alien bill MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans are looking with suspicion at the pending immigration bill in the U.S. Congress, and some observers already say it will hurt thousands of workers who cross the border to work in America. The pending bill would make it a crime for Americans to employ more than three illegal immigrants. Such a provision would be felt deeply in the U.S. Southwest, where much of the farm work is done by Mexicans who en- ter the United States illegally. President Reagan said at his news conference Thursday night that the bill was needed because "the simple truth is, we've lost control of our borders and no nation can do that and survive." But he said care had to be taken to avoid discrimination against all Mexican-born workers by employers who don't want to bother to determine "whether an individual is legal or not." The bill for the first time imposes federal penalties on employers who hire undocumented foreign workers, and provides amnesty and legal status for illegals who have been in the coun- try since Jan. 1, 1982. The legislation is scheduled for a final House vote on Tuesday. The U.S. House of Representatives moved Thursday to grant legal status to the hundreds of thousands of aliens who now risk arrest every harvest season by crossing U.S. borders to work in farm fields. The representatives voted to establish a "guest worker" program of- fering visas to foreign workers if U.S. farmers request them,and say they are unable to recruit enough labor locally. The U.S. Farm Bureau estimates 300,000 farm laborers, mostly from Mexico and the Caribbean, enter the country illegally each year to harvest perishable crops. Leftist organizations have been par- ticularly outspoken against the measure. The Mexican United Socialist Party, a coalition led by the Communist Party, said the bill is being pushed by "the forces most reactionary and of the right, with the president at the front." "This escape valve of unemployment that has been working in our country for ages will be completely closed if this law is approved," it said. "If the law is passed, between 3 million and 12 million Mexicans would return and begin looking for jobs that are not available in our system. 0 0 0 0 Local hosts prepare By MARIA GERMINARIO Over 115 French teenagers will be arriving in Michigan on July 5th for a four week stay with a host family through the Nacel Cultural Exchange Program. ACCORDING TO Evelyn Prince, a state coordinator for the program, 57 girls and 62 boys between the ages of 15 and 18 will be coming to Michigan to learn about life in America and to practice English. The students are recommended for the program by their teachers. Prince said the students are matched to families according to shared interest and activities. "Students come here to join family lives in America," Prince said. Many host families say participating in the program is a positive experience. "IT WAS ABSOLUTELY delightful and we continue our correspondence with the family. Everyone in the family benefits from having someone from a foreign country in their home," said Marlene Brinker, whose family hosted for two straight years. The participating teenagers pay their own transportation for French students and bring their own spending money. The host families are expected to provide room and board for the students. Although most of the students have been matched with families already, Prince stressed that 10 to 15 more families are needed to host French boys. The five-year-old program in Michigan was started by Julian and Evelyn Prince after they hosted a French student in Connecticut. Beginning in the fall, Prince attends teacher's conferences and recommends the Nacel Program to French teachers. The Michigan branch will be sending two groups of American students to France. The first group will leave here on June 30th. Approximately 100 students will be staying with families all over France. Nacel is the French word for the basket underneath a hot air balloon. As the cultural exchange program's symbol, the basket transports people to other countries. "Nacel puts people in touch with each other who wouldn't have met without the program," Prince said. Nacel, a non-profit organization which has been in existence for 17 years, is the largest cultural exchange program between the United States and France. 0 01 HAPPENINGS Sunday Monday CFT-invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 ver- Lesbian/Gay Pride Week-Picnic, B.Y.O. food & Lesbian/Gay Pride Week-Brown Hag Lunch, sion), 7:45 p.m.; Invasion of the Body Snatchers drink, 1p.m., Miller & Seventh. noon, Liberty Plaza; Workshops, 7 p.m., Anderson (1978 version), 9:15 p.m., Michigan. Performance Network-Play, One Flew Over the Rm., Union. Eating Disorders Support Group-meeting, 7:30 Cuckoo's Nest, 6:30 p.m., 408W. Washington. Music-Faculty viola master classes, 10 a.m., 3 p.m., St. Joseph's Merch Hospital. CFT-Bringing Up Baby, 5:40 & 9:15 p.m.; Monkey p.m., Recital Hall. Indus & Opr Engin.-seminar, Menachem Berg, Business, 7:30 p.m., Michigan. Repair Systems With Spares: Optimization of Cinema Guild-Cover Girl, 7:30 p.m.; Lady in the p.m., 4051 LSA; "Communicating Effectively for Customer Delay," 4 p.m., 241 IOE Bldg. Dark, 9:25 p.m., Lorch. Managers & Supervisors, 1 p.m., 130 LSA.Cstor Dlay 4. Send announcements to Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.